Leah’s Ordeal, By Dele Agekameh
Leah deserves to be celebrated not because her experience is an isolated incident in today’s world, but because it signifies a triumph of good, once again, over the dominating and incapacitating influence of evil and evil doers. On May 14, 2018, Leah Sharibu, the remaining captive from the Dapchi abductions…
Adebayo Adedeji and Africa’s Ideology of Development, By Tunji Olaopa
His ideas and legacies are still intact, left on the burner and awaiting that revolutionary government that would push them into bold implementation. Nothing else would constitute the proper honour for Professor Adebayo Adedeji — pan-Africanist, public intellectual, economist, national development planner, and scholar. The world recently lost a colossal…
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The Impending Implosion of APC, By Reuben Abati
Just take the phrase: “impending” in the title above with a pinch of salt. I use the word because in politics as in life, things happen - as seemingly absolute situations become redeemable and what originally appears impossible could be the catalyst for fresh opportunities. Otherwise, the truth is that…
The Health Benefits of Chili Peppers On Hypertension and Weight Control, By Mukaila Kareem
...people who like spicy foods tend to consume less salt and have lower blood pressure than those who dislike spicy foods. Obviously, eating spicy foods usually triggers the acute desire to drink more water and people hardly look for salt shakers to appease the hot sensation. Introduction Plants do not…
Kingsley Moghalu for President, By Femi Aribisala
Moghalu is our very own Emmanuel Macron, a man destined to change the course of Nigeria’s political landscape. In just a few months, Nigerians will go once again to the polls to choose our next president. This is the opportunity we have to determine our destiny. It is a civic…
The Harry-Meghan Royal Wedding: Lessons For Our Dignitaries, By Joe Keshi
More than an hour to the commencement of the ceremony, guests were already arriving, and got ushered in with dignity and respect. The VIPs did not show up with their aides struggling to sit directly behind them. All seats had numbers and names on them. There were no protocol or…
Subversive Reflections On the Royal Wedding, By Chris Ngwodo
There is much to learn from the House of Windsor’s understated political aptitude and its capacity for ceaseless rejuvenation through the savvy use of spectacle, myth and symbolism despite the rising tide of republican, anti-monarchical and tax-payer resentment. This is especially true for governing elites in places where states are…
We Need To Forgive Nigeria, By ‘Tope Fasua
Forgive Nigeria. Don’t ask me what for. Just do it. There is everything to love about this country. And very little to hate. And rather than hate, why don’t we build it together. We the inhabitants, having been socialised in a wrong way, seem to be the issue. As I…
Still On Budget 2018, By Uddin Ifeanyi
No aspect of the budgeting process is more Sisyphean than the pro-cyclical nature of the philosophy of its funding. In theory, there has been no administration in Nigeria that was ignorant of the need to break the chains of dependence between the economy’s outcomes and the outlook for crude oil…
Learning The Language of God, By Femi Aribisala
God calls the things which do not exist into existence. He also brings to nothing things that exist. I met the Lord Jesus in the middle of an armed robbery attack. He said to me: “Femi, nothing is going to happen to you here.” But after he gave me this…
